This first OECD Investment Policy Review of Lao PDR uses the OECD Policy Framework for Investment to present an assessment of the investment climate in Lao PDR and to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by the Government of Lao PDR in its...

This first OECD Investment Policy Review of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) uses the OECD Policy Framework for Investment to present an assessment of the investment climate in Lao PDR and to discuss the challenges and opportunities...

This chapter provides an assessment of the investment promotion and facilitation framework in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). It examines existing strategies and institutions governing investment promotion and facilitation with a...

This chapter provides an overview of the responsible business conduct landscape in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), outlining the actions the government has taken to facilitate, promote, enable, cooperate on and exemplify responsible...

This chapter examines the current context of infrastructure development in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). It reviews connectivity challenges and recent reforms to boost infrastructure investment, including private participation in...

This chapter assesses the investment framework for green growth in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR).It looks at challenges and opportunities for sustainable economic growth and provides recommendations to improve the regulatory...

The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) can take justifiable pride in its accomplishments over the past three decades. Substantial economic reforms have led to high and sustained growth rates and rising overall living...

The development of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has been a success by many measures over the past two decades. For a sparsely populated and land-locked country that has had to overcome the devastating effects of years of war and...

The development of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has been a success by many measures over the past two decades. For a sparsely populated and land-locked country that has had to overcome the devastating effects of years of war and...

This chapter describes the Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s (Lao PDR) gradual integration in the world economy and the role of trade and investment in its economic development. It reviews trends in foreign direct investment in Lao PDR using various...

This chapter provides an overview of Lao PDR's legal framework for investment. It examines the law-making process as well as the quality of the country’s investment policies and the level of legal protection granted to both domestic and international...

This chapter provides an overview of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s (Lao PDR) framework for the entry and regulation of investment and reviews existing regulatory restrictions to foreign direct investment. It looks at key policy reforms...

This chapter provides an overview corporate governance framework in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). It addresses ongoing reforms to the ownership and governance of state-owned enterprises and challenges in expanding the capital market.

While the Emerging Asian region has positioned itself well to weather short-term economic volatility, it is imperative to ensure that the new growth and development strategies of countries in the region do lead to sustainable growth over the longer ...